Where does “vatsaviiva” come from?

vatsaviiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish vatsa, from Proto-Finnic vacca — stomach.

vatsaviiva (Finnish): underline

Definitions

  1. underline

Ancestry of “vatsaviiva”, step by step

vatsaviiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vatsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatsastomach
2Proto-Finnicvaccastomach

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic vacca →